From The Courier-Journal Higher ed is a "bought-off industry” Simon Meiners 11:58 a.m. EDT May 30, 2015 Fielding criticism about his bonus payments, University of Louisville President James Ramsey recently warned that if the school's board of trustees absorbs the U of L Foundation then “political appointees” will seize control of its $1.1 billion in assets. But how would that make things any more agenda-driven than they already are? An economist by training, Ramsey already shills for an ideology that serves him and few others. The U of L business school just announced a $6 million gift-backed “free market economics institute” whose stated mission is to trace the pattern between free market policies and gains in individual well-being. That mission itself is blatantly partisan.